Hospital complaints procedures and no fault liability.
This article considers the extent to which it would be feasible to introduce 'no fault liability' for medical accidents, while the present system for dealing with complaints procedures remains in force. What is needed, it is argued, is a genuinely independent review process for dealing with complaints about clinical judgments.
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Centre for Legal Studies, Hatfield Polytechnic.
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D003675:Defensive Medicine; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014852:Wales